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How telecom can empower rural India [1]

TELECOM AND NETWORK CONNECTIVITY have widely been seen as enablers of a nation's socio-economic growth; a McKinsey study cites that a 10 per cent increase in teledensity contributes to 0.6 per cent of GDP growth. Though urban India is reaping the benefits of the telecom revolution, rural teledensity is still low, at only 8 per cent.

Publication Date: 
22/09/2008
Business World (Kolkata) [2]
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Rural Development [3], Unemployment [4], Education [5], India [6], Telecommunication [7]

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